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by Minosh Wijayarathne

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🧐 YOU Might Be Focusing on the Wrong Screen

You sit at your laptop, adjust the gaps, feel good, and press publish. Then someone checks it half asleep on a bus, holding on with one hand, with your whole content packed into a tiny phone screen. Most people do that now. Around 96% use the internet on their phones (Global Overview Report, DataReportal), even if they sometimes use a laptop or desktop (60%) too. Still, mobile is where most of the action happens. So if your content looks good only on your laptop but is hard to read on a...

3 days ago • 1 min read

Let me tell you a secret I wish I knew at the start: When you’re building something online, talking to “everyone” is a waste. Like trying to light a fire with wet matches. No spark, no flame, just effort wasted. What I mean is, you put out content after content, post on almost every social media profile, create countless Pinterest pins, and feel like nobody’s caring. Most people do this, and it feels safe for a while, but the truth is it just gets you nowhere. And finally, yes, you just give...

10 days ago • 1 min read

The first time I tried using AI to write a meta description for one of my blog posts, I thought I could just drop in a prompt and be done there. The result? It sounded… way too robotic, like something nobody would want to read. Maybe you’ve felt the same. With all these tools around, it’s tempting to let AI do most of the work. But the truth is, and what almost everyone is not taking too seriously, is that you still have to be the boss. AI can write, but it can’t think for you. The reason I...

17 days ago • 2 min read

Ten years ago, if you searched “desk ideas” on Pinterest, you’d mostly see nice photos, clean setups, white walls, and maybe a coffee mug. Nothing to buy, just inspiration. If you try that same search today, you’ll see prices, sizes, stock updates, a “Shop” button, and some random AI stuff (which you can reduce in Settings → Refine your recommendations → Gen AI interests if needed). What’s actually happening here is that Pinterest is quietly turning itself into a shopping window. That’s why...

24 days ago • 2 min read

One night last year, I was just scrolling YouTube like usual when a video caught my eye. The title? Why The World’s Biggest Brands All Go To Sri Lanka. Cool, another nice piece of content, sounded interesting, but here’s what made me click. It was posted by Ben Francis, the founder of Gymshark. Not a marketer or random influencer. The actual founder of a brand that grew from a garage startup to a $1.4 billion fitness business. It felt like I was hearing straight from the person behind the...

about 1 month ago • 2 min read

Nearly 80% of readers find my blog from Pinterest, not Google. And it’s not only Pinterest. The same thing is still happening across other platforms, too. Yes, more people now find things on social apps, on ChatGPT, and can even buy products directly there. You may have heard that a few weeks ago, OpenAI released “Buy it in ChatGPT.” When people ask shopping questions like “best running shoes under $100,” ChatGPT will soon show products from places like Etsy and Shopify. You can even buy...

about 1 month ago • 1 min read

I don’t know if it’s just me, but you know how leftover pizza tastes even better the next morning once it’s reheated just right? Could be just me, but I doubt it. Anyway, that’s what updating your old content feels like. It’s not about starting from scratch. It’s about polishing what already works. Most beginners keep chasing new ideas, thinking that’s how growth happens. But smart people? They revisit their old posts, improve them, and watch the results climb again and again. This is how...

about 1 month ago • 1 min read

Ever noticed how some newsletters just feel different? I still remember the first time someone hit reply to my weekly email and shared how useful and helpful it was for him. Suddenly, it wasn’t just me sending words out into nothing. Not just for me, newsletters have now become a real place for people to share and feel listened to. And now there’s a change happening. Newsletters aren’t just for sharing updates anymore. According to HubSpot, marketing experts say that in 2025, more newsletters...

about 2 months ago • 1 min read

Not long ago, someone on Pinterest commented, “do you think we can even grow a business without social media in 2025”. Just like that, my next blog post almost wrote itself. It reminded me that, sometimes your best content comes straight from your own audience. When you invite others to share their wins, struggles, or honest questions, things get way easier (and a lot more real). A recent research also found that 69% of people trust recommendations from creators, just like they trust advice...

about 2 months ago • 1 min read

Ever feel like Google is reading your mind these days? You search for something, and suddenly there’s a quick AI answer box, not a list of links. Most of the time, the answer you’re looking for nicely appears there, but not every time, yes, that’s the truth. But there is something happening, and you already know it: AI tools are changing the way people find info online. Well, that’s the users’ side, but when it comes to the website owners, creators, and businesses that benefit from Google?...

2 months ago • 1 min read